Texas Recruiting Notes 2024: Bags Don't Beat Bankrolls

[Getafix 28399]

Wiltfong on McKinley, on the Horns 247 board.

The article is quotes about how mom and kid love everybody.

 

Wiltfong on McKinley, on the Aggie 247 board.  

 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Getafix

[kwood4408 756]

https://247sports.com/article/dominick-mckinley-commitment-top-schools-texas-am-texas-lsu-oklahoma-ohio-state-215076417/

 
The important parts:

Regarding Texas
Dominick: “I love how Coach (Steve) Sark(isian) is really honest and he’s honest with all his players and his coaching staff, and how Coach Bo (Davis) is energetic and honest with you as well and they can get things rolling.”
Angie: “We were able to visit them twice. A great staff. Coach Bo was very welcoming, was knowledgable, able to answer all our questions. Coach Sark he just text me a couple days ago. He’s always in touch. I feel confident they could grow Dominick in every aspect.”
 
Regarding Texas A&M

Dominick: “Love how Coach E(lijah) Robinson, Coach Tony (Jerod-Eddie) they treat all their players like they’re their own family. They have a great community and they take care of their players.”
Angie: “I not only got to know the coaches, I got to know their families as well, where I knew they would text me after church, ‘how was church, we did that at church today.’ It was really like a family. I know that Coach Robinson has a great personality, one that Dominick can connect with. Coach Mason (Smith) is always texting Dom and keeping in touch. Even with me, they became like family as well.”
Angie said her son has gone “back and forth” on his final two.
“We’ll see what his final decision will be,” she said.
 

So aggy is now just one big happy church family.

[Elmer_Fudd 22090]

2 minutes ago, kwood4408 said:

So aggy is now just one big happy church family.

They all go to the church they built for Dindy's pops.

That kid and his mom are going to fall for Dumbo's BS and then have to find out in-person how toxic that locker room/culture is.  Guess how last year went wasn't enough evidence.

[Cairn Horn88 8162]

5 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

They all go to the church they built for Dindy's pops.

That kid and his mom are going to fall for Dumbo's BS and then have to find out in-person how toxic that locker room/culture is.  Guess how last year went wasn't enough evidence.

Hope they’ve done sufficient research regarding aggy racism….does aggy have any DT’s?

Edited August 31, 2023 by Cairn Horn88

[texifornia 56479]

https://www.hudl.com/profile/15780212/Cameron-Lewis

[Chili dog 1787]

Can’t help but notice this recruitment collapsed the instant a very rotund ham-consuming fraud put in his crystal ball to Texas. 
 

Edited August 31, 2023 by Chili dog
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[billfromlaketravis 11357]

Whomever had “aggy Bible study” on their McKinley bingo card, take a bow. 

[Fondren & Main 6665]

@TheMailBox357 should probably be banned just in case.  You know, for good luck and the sake of ham salesmen everywhere.

[SarkAfterDark 1688]

It'll be telling if Fong nukes his pick on this one come Friday.

[Duane Moore 5236]

9 hours ago, TXRed said:

Angie: “I not only got to know the coaches, I got to know their families as well, where I knew they would text me after church, ‘how was church, we did that at church today.’ It was really like a family. I know that Coach Robinson has a great personality, one that Dominick can connect with. Coach Mason (Smith) is always texting Dom and keeping in touch. Even with me, they became like family as well.”

Momma + church does not bode well for our beloved university in the heathen, libertine big city. 

[KeysPhoneWallet 807]

Aggie really trying to play the small town Jesus first angle I guess to make people think he’ll be more comfortable there.

[Enchubben 5509]

26 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Momma + church does not bode well for our beloved university in the heathen, libertine big city. 

Counterpoint, Jumbos aggie fb program has kids smoking weed in the locker room, drag racing in parking garages, selling backpacks fulL of drugs, etc. 

[Sock Monkey 718]

McKinley is either lying about having made up his mind over a month ago or he is lying about having interest in Aggy. Either way, lying is unbiblical and I’d hate for his dishonest ass to be a negative influence on Aggy’s churchy locker room. I guess he might as well come to Texas instead.

Edited August 31, 2023 by Sock Monkey

[NoName 16286]

10 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

selling backpacks fulL of drugs

just in case people forgot:

McKinnley Jackson was caught with 22 grams of a controlled substance (originally it was reported it was Xanax but was adjusted to ketamine), which was a 2nd degree felony and a 1.4 oz of weed.

he was suspended for two games, vs Kent State and Colorado.

initially it was talked about as another example of police coming down too hard on players, but this is how they found it and found out who it was:

Quote

 

On April 7, a Sani-Cloth canister containing marijuana and blue, rectangular pills was found in the hallway of a Park West apartment building by custodial staff, according to the report. Surveillance video revealed the canister fell out of the backpack of an individual later identified as Jackson, according to the report filed by the University Police Department.

Five days later, the report states Jackson went to the University Police Department and admitted that he was the individual in the video and that the canister and its contents belonged to him. He also identified the drugs as marijuana and “bars,” a slang term for Xanax, according to the report.

A search warrant was issued for Jackson’s apartment, and drug paraphernalia was found in his room, according to the report.

 

 

 

[ClubWhatever 12086]

And that guy is a team captain. 

[irishtexan 11445]

Of course the team with a staff that includes a guy that killed a kid, an adulterer, and a racist asshole wins out on “church”. Unreal.

[BurntOrange&White 39567]

Just now, irishtexan said:

Of course the team with a staff that includes a guy that killed a kid, an adulterer, and a racist asshole wins out on “church”. Unreal.

Idk, sounds like all this information is just Aggie side. Up until this week it was he keeps everything so tight and blah blah blah then all of a sudden it’s this. Seems peculiar. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

4 minutes ago, irishtexan said:

Of course the team with a staff that includes a guy that killed a kid, an adulterer, and a racist asshole wins out on “church”. Unreal.

Don't forget a university president that got caught being racist and trying to prevent the hiring of a qualified black professor 

[D3zii 3641]

Oh well, our D-Line Haul is still nice, hoping we can land our edge prospects as well as find a late diamond to finish off the interior. 
 

imo Baker and Black are still the two that should be #1&2 on our board. Interested to see how Sark can finish off the class 

[Duane Moore 5236]

18 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Counterpoint, Jumbos aggie fb program has kids smoking weed in the locker room, drag racing in parking garages, selling backpacks fulL of drugs, etc. 

No argument from me, I understand that’s the reality there. It’s the fact that his mother is saying that publicly that makes me worry she doesn’t understand that. 

[kwood4408 756]

No argument from me, I understand that’s the reality there. It’s the fact that his mother is saying that publicly that makes me worry she doesn’t understand that. 

I like to believe she is trolling aggy

[Hookem2147 20926]

Positive Baker update from Gerry

Brandon Baker getting closer to a decision

The recruitment of Brandon Baker continues to move toward a decision. And that decision could be by the end of September. The 6-foot-4.5, 303-pounder remains scheduled to make an official visit to Nebraska on September 16. That will be the fourth official visit of the process for the five-star offensive tackle. He made June officials to Ohio State, Texas and Georgia.

The No. 1 ranked offensive tackle in the On3 Industry Ranking has Texas, Oregon, Ohio State and Nebraska truly in the mix. The Texas staff continues to have confidence for good reason based on intel from the Inside Texas side and the On3 network side. The Longhorns remain expected to be one of two final schools behind the scenes when it comes to decision time. Texas has received positive feedback from Baker, the family and the extended circle around the recruitment in the last week.

[Davis Lane 5551]

This should say a lot to any parent who's child wants to live in the cult that is aggy.

That's all I got in regards to McKinley.

Carry on freaking out, motherfuckers.

[tejas60 3526]

5 minutes ago, Davis Lane said:

That's all I got in regards to McKinley.

Carry on freaking out, motherfuckers.

what, no pics to share?

[TXRed 3184]

Bobby and Gerry said it’s a&m and ou ahead of Texas for McKinley this morning. Another fumble at the one. 

Edited August 31, 2023 by TXRed

[BigHornedLurker 1894]

2 hours ago, irishtexan said:

Of course the team with a staff that includes a guy that killed a kid, an adulterer, and a racist asshole wins out on “church”. Unreal.

thinking ahead and budgeting for some forgiveness 

[Ravishing Rick 1128]

After watching "Untold: Johnny Football" on Netflix, all I can think about is what a church-like environment exists in the A&M football community.  

[BurntOrange&White 39567]

Outside of Collin Simmons, why are we so  bad at recruiting 5 stars on the defensive line?

[Post Oak 20182]

We've sucked for a decade.  Weve been terrible at development for longer than that.  5star DL are the rarest of the rare and if you want them you have to beat out great programs that crank out NFL players.

[NoName 16286]

[Park Gothic 4964]

5 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Outside of Collin Simmons, why are we so  bad at recruiting 5 stars on the defensive line?

I know you know this, but those recruitments are the most vicious and heated recruitments out of any. Everybody needs them, especially teams with high aspirations, and there's not enough of them to go around. 

My burnt orange brain assumes that we'll fight dirty, but not quite as dirty as everyone else. That we'll focus on our NIL, rather than bags, and talking up our program, rather than tearing down other programs. I'm sure we negative recruit, I just don't think we do it to the degree necessary. I'm probably being naïve, but that seems to be Sark's style and the style he wants his staff to adopt. I'm sure Coach Bo knows what buttons to push, he's been doing this long enough, but the strategy is being set by Sark. 

With this McKinley specifically, I'm wondering if LSU, Texas, and OU didn't knock each other out of it. A&M wasn't really on the radar, and maybe the front runners tore each other down to the point that it gave A&M a chance to slide back in late. I obviously don't have any inside information, but they may have been able to play up the church angle because no one thought enough of their chances to point out all the moral failings of that program. 

[satyanash 14280]

We've been surviving off Herman's leftovers at interior DL so far, but we're going to take a big step back in 2024. Just haven't been able to land enough bluechips at a position where we really need more quality depth.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4658]

7 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

5star DL are the rarest of the rare and if you want them you have to beat out great programs that crank out NFL players.

Also you have to beat out programs like Texas A&M.

[deech 2251]

Fumble at the one?  What the fuck are you talking about?  A kid who has played most of his recruitment very close to the vest appears to now be leaning away from Texas.  The same people that said just a week ago that he was heavily leaning towards Texas and all their predictions pointed to Texas are now saying the opposite.  The only thing that has changed is the quality of the intel at these shitty websites not that there was some significant development on Texas' side and someone dropped the ball on the recruitment? 

 

 

 

[Atticus 3920]

This one seems like more of a small town kid vs big city austin situation. 
 

Especially with this guy, if he isn’t comfortable, he either won’t maximize or will transfer before he becomes useful on game days. 

[Gordon Shumway 444]

FWIW TFB has an update. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17780]

1 minute ago, Gordon Shumway said:

FWIW TFB has an update. 

Maybe just a giant head fake to drum up some excitement similar to Simmons. 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

3 minutes ago, Gordon Shumway said:

FWIW TFB has an update. 

[Tree Fidy 1196]

7 minutes ago, satyanash said:

We've been surviving off Herman's leftovers at interior DL so far, but we're going to take a big step back in 2024. Just haven't been able to land enough bluechips at a position where we really need more quality depth.

Longhorn Nation....He's baaaaack!

[Atticus 3920]

4 minutes ago, satyanash said:

We've been surviving off Herman's leftovers at interior DL so far, but we're going to take a big step back in 2024. Just haven't been able to land enough bluechips at a position where we really need more quality depth.

Jaray Bledsoe, Aaron Bryant, Sydir Mitchell, Byron Murphy’s development, Alex January, D’Antre Robinson, Melvin Hills, and portal guys as needed.

We’re fine. 

[Gordon Shumway 444]

I don't disagree, but I would put some stock into the comment that TFB's OU side doesn't think OU is a threat. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22090]

Regardless of McKinley, do we think the staff will look to the JUCO ranks for a DT?  We are going to need another body ready to play meaningful snaps next year, wether it's from the portal or JUCO.

I could see Robinson maybe factoring in being an EE, but Hills and January more than likely red shirt.

[Elmer_Fudd 22090]

1 minute ago, Atticus said:

Jaray Bledsoe, Aaron Bryant, Sydir Mitchell, Byron Murphy’s development, Alex January, D’Antre Robinson, Melvin Hills, and portal guys as needed.

We’re fine. 

Our two best DT's this year were composite 3*'s (Sweat and Murphy).  What duo in the Big 12 would we trade them for?  They are probably a top third DT duo in the SEC as well.

[Dbeasy 14962]

I wanted McKinley because he was a 5 star and being pursued heavily by Texas.

I was less interested when I heard about a potential lack of passion for the game.

I was more interested when I heard he considered academics important, indicating he's got a good head on his shoulders.

I was less interested when I heard he wants to major in computer science, because computer dweebs are bad football players usually.

I was more interested when i heard he was leaning A&M or OU, because dammit I don't want them to have him.

I was less interested when I realized I needed to get a life and stop caring about the decisions of an 18 year old I don't even know. 

[D3zii 3641]

11 minutes ago, Gordon Shumway said:

FWIW TFB has an update. 

[Vertigo 20265]

1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

I wanted McKinley because he was a 5 star and being pursued heavily by Texas.

I was less interested when I heard about a potential lack of passion for the game.

I was more interested when I heard he considered academics important, indicating he's got a good head on his shoulders.

I was less interested when I heard he wants to major in computer science, because computer dweebs are bad football players usually.

I was more interested when i heard he was leaning A&M or OU, because dammit I don't want them to have him.

I was less interested when I realized I needed to get a life and stop caring about the decisions of an 18 year old I don't even know. 

[Longhornlove 4779]

24 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

We've sucked for a decade.  Weve been terrible at development for longer than that.  

Team wise yes, DE, sure I will agree with that, DT absolutely not true.

[Codaxx 5591]

8 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Jaray Bledsoe, Aaron Bryant, Sydir Mitchell, Byron Murphy’s development, Alex January, D’Antre Robinson, Melvin Hills, and portal guys as needed.

We’re fine. 

Portal is tough at DT. It isnt like WR. There are not a lot of game changers at DT in the portal, programs do everything to keep them on the roster. The few that get away are just as tough to land, as 5 star DTs. 

[LCHorn 2585]

21 minutes ago, Gordon Shumway said:

FWIW TFB has an update. 

Man, I want to believe but their hit rate is even worse than Nahlin’s.  

[ClubWhatever 12086]

2 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Man, I want to believe but their hit rate is even worse than Nahlin’s.